PER 'OMEO,' AT THE BLUFF.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 2197, 29 April 1874, Page 2

PER 'OMEO,' AT THE BLUFF.

FUNERAL OF DR. LIVINGSTONE. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN A COLLIERY. FIFTY-ONE PERSONS KILLED. RUSSIAN SQUADRON TO VISIT AUSTRALIA. - NEXT WOOL SALES EXPECTED TO SHOW A DECLINE. NEW ZEALAND HEMP LOWER. (ANOLO-AUSTRALIAN FRESB TBLEORAM AGENCY .\ London* April 13.—The Australian February mails vid Brindisi have been delivered. Dr. Livingstone's body has arrived at SouLhamptou. April 14. —1n the House of Commons, Lowther who is made Under Secretary for the Colonies in replying to Macarthur said the Government had received do bffioial confirmation of the cession of Fiji. He proposed to produce all the papers relating to Fijian affairs, and said that the commissioners report would receive the attention of the Government. April 15. —There is an agricultural lookout in Somersetshire where the farmers refused to abide by an arbitration, and the labourers are emigrating. - In the north the disputes have been compromised, except in sooth Stafford' shire where matters are unsettled. April 15. —1n the House of Commons, Sir Stafford Northoote introduced the budget in a speech at some length. The revenue for 1873, £77,380,000. Expenditure, £76,500,000 including the amount for Geneva award and expenses, and Ashantee expedition. The revenue for 1874, estimated at £78,000,000, the expenditure at £72,500,000. It is proposed to take a penny off the income tax, and to abolish the duty on sngar j also to provide for the reduction of the national debt, by terminable annuities for £450,000. There would also be a contribution of a million towards the reduction of local taxation. After providing above, there will bo a Burplus of .. £462,000 still remaining. There has been a terrible explosion of a colliery at.Danstinfeed, when fifty-one per* sons were killed. The ' Bunnymede' has pnfc into Pernam Buoo, where ahe discharged part of her cargo, whioh was damaged by fire. The • Great Britain,' • Stratbnaver,' • Eleotra, 1 ' Cathoart,' have arrived. v April 17. —8y adding to the revenue the interest from the Government loans to local bodies, the surplus has been brought to b»x millions; and the amount transformed into terminable annuities, as already telegraphed. House dories have been abolished. The budget generally is approved of. April 18. —Dr. Livingstone's funeral took plaoo to-day, in Westminster Abbey, which was densely crowded. Dean Stanley officiated, and there was a fall musical service. The Queen sent a beautiful wreath, whioh was placed on the coffin. The principal pall-bearers were—F. M. Stanley, Dr. Wainwriglit, and Livingstone's two sons. Several Foreign Ministers, the Lord Mayor and Corporation, a number of Anglo-Indian notabilities and leading geographers were present. Sir William Fergusson, M.D., previous to burial, made an antopsy of the remains. An appeal is granted in the Monnt and Morris oase. . J. Holyer, Q.C., and member for Preston, has been appointed Solicitor-General. The Russian squadron is about to visit Australia. The ' Otago* ' Fitzroy,' and « Bt. Vincent' have arrived. Vienna, April 14. —The. Emperor of Austria, in answering the Pope, respectfully explains that duty compels him to sanction the Ecclosiastioal Bills. The Papal Envoy at Vienna haß received .conciliatory instructions. Berlin, April 16. —Mgr Ludochowiaki, Archbishop of Pasen, who was imprisoned, has been deprived of his See. Galle, April 15.—The ' Nubia' has arrived.